Bobcat Runners Compete at Peachtree Road Race

ATLANTA – The Georgia College cross
country program was well represented at the 2014 Peachtree Road
Race July 4, as nine members of the Bobcat roster took to the
course in Atlanta.

Freshman Tommy Templeman (Snellville, Ga.) led
the way for the men, taking the 10K course in 34:00. Templeman
finished 86th among 28,724 men in the race. Rising
junior Paul McNeil (Dunwoody, Ga.) crossed the
line 56 seconds later in 117th place.

The Bobcat women were led by Rachel Pasko (Jefferson,
Ga.), as her 10K time of 44:26 put the rising junior in
210th place among the 28,832 runners. Whitney
Sweet (Roswell, Ga.) finished in 46:01, nabbing
344th place.

The Bobcats get the 2014 season underway Friday, Sept. 5 at 6:30
p.m., when the men host Armstrong State University in a dual race.
The Bobcat women join in the fun Sept. 12 in the Bobcat
Invitational, also on the West Campus Cross Country Course.

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